ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
The ISO guidance standard behind ISO 22301: clause by clause, how an organization understands its context, leads and resources a BCMS, analyses business impacts and disruption risks, determines and selects continuity strategies and the resources they need, builds a response structure with warning, incident response, communication, welfare, salvage, resumption, ICT and recovery procedures, exercises them, evaluates them and improves the system. Every leaf read in the complete identical adoption, clauses 4 to 5.3 also in the held English; guidance, not certifiable.
ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems is a compliance framework from International (ISO/TC 292); adopted as EN ISO 22313:2020 and nationally (BS EN, DIN EN, UNE-EN, SIST EN, I.S. EN, AS ISO, DSTU EN ISO 22313:2021 and others) with 7 domains and 82 controls that map to 148 other frameworks. The largest domains are Clause 8: Operation – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems (44 controls), Clause 7: Support – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems (9 controls), Clause 9: Performance evaluation – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems (8 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (7)
Clause 10: Improvement – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::10.1.1 | 10.1.1 Nonconformity and corrective action: general |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::10.1.2 | 10.1.2 Occurrence of nonconformity |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::10.1.3 | 10.1.3 Retention of documented information |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::10.2 | 10.2 Continual improvement |
Clause 4: Context of the organization – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
| Code | Title |
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| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.1 | 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.2.1 | 4.2.1 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties: general |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.2.2 | 4.2.2 Legal and regulatory requirements |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.3.1 | 4.3.1 Determining the scope of the BCMS: general |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.3.2 | 4.3.2 Scope of the business continuity management system |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.3.3 | 4.3.3 Exclusions to scope |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.4 | 4.4 Business continuity management system |
Clause 5: Leadership – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
| Code | Title |
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| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::5.1.2 | 5.1.2 Top management |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::5.1.3 | 5.1.3 Other managerial roles |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::5.2.1 | 5.2.1 Establishing the business continuity policy |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::5.2.2 | 5.2.2 Communicating the business continuity policy |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::5.3 | 5.3 Roles, responsibilities and authorities |
Clause 6: Planning – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::6.1.1 | 6.1.1 Determining risks and opportunities |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::6.1.2 | 6.1.2 Addressing risks and opportunities |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::6.2.1 | 6.2.1 Establishing business continuity objectives |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::6.2.2 | 6.2.2 Determining business continuity objectives |
| iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::6.3 | 6.3 Planning changes to the business continuity management system |
Clause 7: Support – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
Clause 8: Operation – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
Clause 9: Performance evaluation – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
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ISO 22301:2019
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11%
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9%
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ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems is a compliance framework from International (ISO/TC 292); adopted as EN ISO 22313:2020 and nationally (BS EN, DIN EN, UNE-EN, SIST EN, I.S. EN, AS ISO, DSTU EN ISO 22313:2021 and others) with 7 domains and 82 controls. The ISO guidance standard behind ISO 22301: clause by clause, how an organization understands its context, leads and resources a BCMS, analyses business impacts and disruption risks, determines and selects continuity strategies and the resources they need, builds a response structure with warning, incident response, communication, welfare, salvage, resumption, ICT and recovery procedures, exercises them, evaluates them and improves the system. Every leaf read in the complete identical adoption, clauses 4 to 5.3 also in the held English; guidance, not certifiable. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems actually require?
ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems has 82 controls organised across 7 domains. The largest domains are Clause 8: Operation – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems (44 controls), Clause 7: Support – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems (9 controls), Clause 9: Performance evaluation – ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems (8 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems do I already cover?
ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems maps to 148 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ISO 22301:2019 (14% coverage), ISO 27701:2019 (11% coverage), ISO 22000:2018 (9% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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